Great Lakes - Lake Erie

Of the four Great Lakes that lap against Michigan's shores, Lake Erie is the smallest and accounts for a relatively brief stretch of coastline from the Ohio border to the mouth of the Detroit River in the southeast corner of the state.

Great Lakes - Lake Huron

Great Lakes - Lake Michigan

The third largest Great Lake has a water surface area of 22,300 square miles, and it contains numerous islands, notably the Beaver Island archipelago and the North and South Manitou Islands off the coast of the "Little Finger" area of Michigan's mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula.